Hello, my name is Simone Merati and I'm 40 years old and currently living in Spain. I am a native French speaker and teach English, French, Italian. I have been an online French teacher with Verbalplanet.com since October 2014.
I can speak the following languages fluently: French, English, Italian, Spanish.
I am currently offering a discounted initial trial lesson at 50% of my normal lesson price for new students.

Simone Merati

Detailed Profile in English

About me

Hello! I'm a 40yo Italian guy, I've been living in Asia teaching and giving private language tuition (mostly French and Italian) for the last 5 years, and I love this job :)

I was born from Italian parents but grew up in France till I was 17, so I'm fluent in both languages. I love to teach following my student's interests to make the learning process easier, and I have a solid grammar and teaching background.

Qualifications & Experience

Degree in Foreign Languages at Ca' Foscari Venice University, Italy

DALF (obtained in 2001)

I've been teaching and working as translator/interpreter for the last 5 years, first in Iran, then Tokyo and finally Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur), where I usually live - now back for a few months to Europe. I still have my Malaysian students via Skype - it's a fantastic way to teach for both tutor and students :)

Teaching Approach

I like to teach what the student wants to learn. After having a chat at the beginning of the class to understand the purposes and goals in learning the language I know what to focus on during the classes.

Different people learn in different ways, so for some students a strong grammar basis is needed, others want to achieve a good colloquial level of fluency, so we work on that :)

I've got plenty of teaching materials I can pass to you as a PDF file through Skype to use in the class as well as materials I prepare myself for specific topics. I focus on using media (movies, radio and music) to have access to the culture, not only the language.

Great teacher!
Reacts to all needs and wishes and even more importantly: he makes you feel comfortable.
I'm very happy with my lessons so far

29 Jan 2019
By : Markus O
Subject : French

Great lesson

06 Dec 2018
By : Natalina G
Subject : French

Another great lesson by Simone! He really takes the time to understand what you need to learn and does a great job at explaining things with a great sense of humour. Appreciate it!

22 Nov 2018
By : Natalina G
Subject : French

I recently had my first trial lesson with Simone and it was definitely a very positive experience. He is very worldly and knows a lot a about other cultures, accents and certain language nuances. I'll be booking again. Merci!